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it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there is excess success we have the following procedure. polish that there is excess -- that there is success we have to follow and proceed. they have many demands. >> to you try to meet with them? >> have met with many factions of them. i am not saying that they are not good, but every group or person has his agenda, his demands, and it is absolutely -- no government in the world can respond to all of these collective demands. we have enough patience to deal with them and we are committed until this moment that the fire on
it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there...
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>> there is a big future. that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams and the historical record is an item that is completely -- it could never be changed, deleted, modified. that is something is -- that is my lifelong quest to do. from that, justice lows. -- flows. most of us are reasonably intelligent. if we communicate with each other, organize, and know what is going 9, and that is pretty much what it is all about. in the short term, it is that my staff stopped hassling. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the head of the national institute of health talks about science and innovation in the u.s.. the state department calls on the syrian government to withdraw troops. that briefing is later. in case you just missed it, wikileaks founder in a forum in london. >> on tomorrows "washington journal," we continue our discussion on federal spending and the national debt. after that, pet
>> there is a big future. that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams and the historical record is an item that is completely -- it could never be changed, deleted, modified. that is something is -- that is my lifelong quest to do. from that, justice lows. -- flows. most of us are reasonably intelligent. if we communicate with each other, organize, and know what is going 9, and that is pretty much what it is all about. in the short term, it is that my...
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated powers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our responsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i t
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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this is a big deal. the idea that because it is a short bill, it is no big deal, which cannot follow regular process. that is not the weight -- the right way to go. >> thank you, mr. mcgovern. miss foxx, if you read the bill, that only applies the fiscal year 2012. it sets of budget targets for 10 years. the only way that cap applies is the first year. the remaining years continually ratcheted down. it is in the section related to the cut, ok? it goes cut, and then capped, rigging of thee id constitution, that is what it does. so if you look at the constitution, i would urge the american people not just to read this. but read it in connection to the constitutional provision that they are proposed, which jerry rigs the constitution of the united states in a way that favors by definition cussed the things like medicare over closing corporate loopholes. it requires two-thirds to eliminate the corporate tax loophole for the purpose of that is a reduction. you're going to put that into the constitution of the
this is a big deal. the idea that because it is a short bill, it is no big deal, which cannot follow regular process. that is not the weight -- the right way to go. >> thank you, mr. mcgovern. miss foxx, if you read the bill, that only applies the fiscal year 2012. it sets of budget targets for 10 years. the only way that cap applies is the first year. the remaining years continually ratcheted down. it is in the section related to the cut, ok? it goes cut, and then capped, rigging of thee...
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security challenges obviously remain a big problem. and i think that we're going to have to try to dig through all those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime that's being spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. then i think it's time we focus on the mission where we are training security forces and we are working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it's time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stinks when it comes to reconstruction projects. now, i hope that you all are going to convince me i've become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we're spending money in theater and i want to tell you i'm looking for good n
security challenges obviously remain a big problem. and i think that we're going to have to try to dig through all those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime that's being spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. then i think it's time we focus on the mission where we are...
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i think that is a big step of the right direction, and we put real caps in place. it is going to be the less than it was last year. >> some were saying last night that the cuts would allow for more spending than the ryan budget. is that correct? >> i would much rather have the house republican budget, but this bill was a product of a bipartisan discussion and a bipartisan negotiation. that is why it is not exactly everything we would want it to be. [unintelligible] >> are you confident this is going to pass? [unintelligible] >> this was negotiated in a bipartisan manner between both houses of congress. i think we will have work to do to get it passed, but i think we can do it. >> the markets are down this morning. even if the plan does not reach $1 trillion, are you worried -- >> i do believe this plan is enough. when the joint committee gets together, they are required to find cuts at least $1.80 trillion. the first step in this project is to make sure we pass this in the house and i would ask all my colleagues, to look at this common-sense plan, a common- sense w
i think that is a big step of the right direction, and we put real caps in place. it is going to be the less than it was last year. >> some were saying last night that the cuts would allow for more spending than the ryan budget. is that correct? >> i would much rather have the house republican budget, but this bill was a product of a bipartisan discussion and a bipartisan negotiation. that is why it is not exactly everything we would want it to be. [unintelligible] >> are you...
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no big deal? tell that to the family who would have to pay higher interest rates on their mortgage, their car loan, their student loan. it would be a very big deal to them. many of my friends on the other side of the aisle didn't just stand by as we created these massive deficits. they were active participants. they voted for two huge tax cuts, mostly for wealthy people, that weren't paid for. two wars that weren't paid for. a massive prescription drug program that wasn't paid for. and now their solution is to punish the very americans who can least afford it, all in the name of keeping their rich friends and their special interests happy. the boehner plan is unbalanced and unfair. it slashes programs like social security and medicare that benefit the middle class and the poor. but the republicans insist on protecting tax breaks for oil and gas companies, just today exxon mobil announced profits of $10.7 billion for the second quarter. do they really need special tax breaks? the american people su
no big deal? tell that to the family who would have to pay higher interest rates on their mortgage, their car loan, their student loan. it would be a very big deal to them. many of my friends on the other side of the aisle didn't just stand by as we created these massive deficits. they were active participants. they voted for two huge tax cuts, mostly for wealthy people, that weren't paid for. two wars that weren't paid for. a massive prescription drug program that wasn't paid for. and now...
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embassy as i walk down bohol all the pictures of all of the former president's with a very large and big smile with mubarak. they put out a new book, the embassy put out a new book. president obama is on the cover and it shows all of the previous people, republican and democrat, who have been with this administration so a lot of the fault lies. we will see with this find is in this country when these issues are offered because i think there's a lot of blame right here in of river city and by republicans and democrats. the coptic christians and frankly i don't want to see the coptic christians leave egypt. they will not be the middle east and for too long people up here and in the previous administration has been reluctant to advocate for those who are being persecuted because they are christians, whether it be in afghanistan, whether it be in pakistan or in the egypt and all over, the two questions that i have. how many convictions have there been over the last several years? and how many occasions do you know where the american embassy has advocated for these cases? because generally be
embassy as i walk down bohol all the pictures of all of the former president's with a very large and big smile with mubarak. they put out a new book, the embassy put out a new book. president obama is on the cover and it shows all of the previous people, republican and democrat, who have been with this administration so a lot of the fault lies. we will see with this find is in this country when these issues are offered because i think there's a lot of blame right here in of river city and by...
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stepping into big shoes following general carteret. i thank him for his great service and i hope you will continue to tributaries expertise to national security debates in the future. i urge you to focus immediately upon confirmation on improving the acquisition process. the department and its industry partners have stumbled again and again in producing weapons systems at affordable costs that without question the services desperately need. your involvement is also needed in furthering cyberdefense strategy and nuclear strategy in ensuring we achieve success in the middle east and libya in ensuring the demand for budgetary reductions does not result in loss of capabilities in the military diminished and unable to respond the defense of our vital national interests. general fraser come you are following in the steps of two outstanding leaders that u.s. transportation, general mcnabb and general schwartz. i'm sure you'll receive excellent mentoring and advice from them. last year, dod released the mobility capabilities and requirements s
stepping into big shoes following general carteret. i thank him for his great service and i hope you will continue to tributaries expertise to national security debates in the future. i urge you to focus immediately upon confirmation on improving the acquisition process. the department and its industry partners have stumbled again and again in producing weapons systems at affordable costs that without question the services desperately need. your involvement is also needed in furthering...
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be...
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that's pretty big money. and so anyway, we've got a real problem here and we want to do the right thing and we want to protect people and that's the end of me, so i call upon senator i ought. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing. i know you and your staff with a great deal of time and effort into preparing report the committee released today. i also want to thank those that the federal and state levels was pursued against those perpetrating fraud on consumer satisfaction which recognized the somatic and income attorney general of illinois, with whom i worked with when i was the attorney general of new hampshire and she has been very given this scam an eye out welcome her this morning. from that decade, new hampshire has been responding to the practice commonly known as cramming. when it served as the state's top one person officer ever saw a consumer protection bureau as general madigan does come which included consumer protections were spoken brochures to provide
that's pretty big money. and so anyway, we've got a real problem here and we want to do the right thing and we want to protect people and that's the end of me, so i call upon senator i ought. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing. i know you and your staff with a great deal of time and effort into preparing report the committee released today. i also want to thank those that the federal and state levels was pursued against those perpetrating...
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, big issue. we haven't had a full-time orthopedic surgeon in my -- in montana for several months. the va is trying to recruit one when they can get them, and now we have got veterans who have traveled out of state, out-of-pocket care, quality of life goes down. there are 400 veterans on a weightless now approaching two years were orthopedic surgeries. it is completely unacceptable and i know montana's not the only state in this boat. i don't think it is cost effective to ship somebody miles and miles, hundreds of miles away from their home for surgery when they could be contracted locally in areas where we can't get docs in the va. can you tell me if this makes sense to you to locally contract if you can't get a doctor that is a specialist. and if it is not you mrs. st. james, somebody else can answer the question but it appears to me that this could help solve a problem where we have need and we can't fill a position. it just seems to me it would be a natural -- so you don't have to travel halfw
, big issue. we haven't had a full-time orthopedic surgeon in my -- in montana for several months. the va is trying to recruit one when they can get them, and now we have got veterans who have traveled out of state, out-of-pocket care, quality of life goes down. there are 400 veterans on a weightless now approaching two years were orthopedic surgeries. it is completely unacceptable and i know montana's not the only state in this boat. i don't think it is cost effective to ship somebody miles...